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CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
December 10, 2012
Mr. James R. Evans
(Address withheld)
(Address withheld)
Re: WARNING NOTICE
Amateur Radio License WX4QN
EB-FIELDNER-12-00005634
Dear Mr. Evans:
On Sunday, November 18, 2012, and again on Friday, November 23, 2012, you
were heard by staff at the Commission's monitoring station admitting that
you were causing intentional interference to another station operating in
proximity to your desired operating frequency of 14.313 MHz.
On November 18, 2012, at 143 UTC, you were heard admitting that you were
"jamming" another station and that you intended to do so again. Then, on
November 23, 2012, at 1615 UTC, you were heard admitting that you had
refrained from "jamming" this licensee while my predecessor, Mr.
Hollingsworth, was at the Commission but upon his retirement you resumed
confronting and "jamming" this licensee. An employee of the Commission
used direction finding equipment and confirmed these transmissions were
coming from your location. The employee recorded the offending
transmissions, and provided undersigned counsel with recordings of the
incident in question. Should you desire a copy of the recording, one will
be made available to you.
Your operation as described above is contrary to the basis and purpose of
the amateur radio service as set out in Section 97.1. Furthermore,
deliberately "jamming" another licensee is a violation of Section
97.113(5)(c) of the Commission's rules.^ Please be advised that the
Commission expects you to abide by its rules This letter serves as notice
that, if operation of this type reoccurs after receipt of this letter, you
could be subject to severe penalties, including license revocation,
monetary forfeiture
(fines),^ or a modification proceeding to restrict the frequencies upon
which you may operate.
Sincerely,
Laura L. Smith, Esq.
Special Counsel
Enforcement Bureau
Cc: Atlanta Field Office
South Central Regional Director
^ See 47 C.F.R. SS 97.1 and 113(5)(c).
^ Fines normally range from $7,500 to $10,000.